Valedictorian delivers speech with bullhorn after Catholic HS ban

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Some people just think they have a right to be heard, no matter what…:roll_eyes:
 
Did anyone else note that the tone of the article assumed the student was in the moral right and the school in the wrong? Or not the other article about the "real"cause of cancer? This is not journalism.

Then the ABC article says that the reason he was not allowed to give the speech was because it contained things contrary to Catholic teaching. I do not think anyone here can judge whether this was the right thing without knowing the speech in its entirety, or the totality of the situation.
 
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A high school valedictorian in Kentucky praised the fight for stronger gun laws by school-shooting survivors in Florida, and applauded his classmates for participating in an anti-abortion march, saying students should “continue to utilize our voices.”
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It’s hard to tell who has their knickers in a knot, without having the full text of the proposed speech in front of us.
 
One of the news sources reported he is openly gay and his violation of the dress code use of make-up was once an issue. So my guess is that the part that is objectionable is not being addressed. It only takes one issue contrary to Catholic teaching to make his speech inappropriate, even if the rest is great.
 
I read the speech. Nothing in it appears to contradict Catholic teaching—in fact, he lauds the March for Life.
 
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His “right to feel secure as a human”, sorry buddy, but your feelings end where my objective rights to life, liberty, property, begin.
 
Can’t say I much care that Mr. Big Shot Activist got his 15 minutes to talk about something we’re all already aware of. Any fool knows that you’re not going to be allowed to talk about whatever you want in a high school valedictorian speech, that the speeches are vetted and often censored. I suppose there’s some group of people who see this kid as bravely defying the Establishment and others who see him as annoying and entitled and making a day that is about the achievement of all the students be all about him instead.
Yawn
 
Yes, I kind of agree with you Bear. That speech is not about him. It is about his class as a whole, their past, their future. It is not a time for “political” messages either way. His speech should be more universal.
 
I must say I saw nothing in that speech that was against the Church or that political.
 
I am old and I have seen at least 100 “school wouldn’t let me protest this or that at my graduation” stories since the 1960s.

There is a time and a place to rally round the cause, whatever it is, and a time and place to just shut up and let the students and parents and administration all have their graduation ceremony in peace. Either this student has not learned the difference, or he has parents at home who encourage this sort of thing. Either way, I am not impressed.
 
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The fact that in his self-entitled pique he went outside and used a bullhorn made it “all about him,” regardless of content.
 
Perhaps. But I do wonder what prompted the ban. It doesn’t appear to be about Church teaching.
 
Thank you. There is nothing in that speech that directly contradicts Catholic teaching. It is rather naive and sophomoric, but so are most graduations speeches.
 
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